Canton POS

Clay Fundamentals with Susan Mentrak (Fall 2025)

Begins 09/10/2025, Ends 11/12/2025
Deadline to Register: 09-10-2025
10 Wednesdays, 01:30 PM-03:30 PM
Room 103
Learn the fundamentals of working with clay from start to finish through instructor-led demonstrations and basic glazing techniques. Beginner students will focus on 4 weeks of essentials, including hand-building techniques like pinching, coiling, and slab. These introductory weeks will be followed by individualized projects with one-on-one instructor attention and feedback, as students explore the basics of functional pottery and decorative pieces. This class is a precursor to learning how to do wheel throwing at a later stage.
Instructor: Susan Mentrak
Member $218 | $272, Ages 16+, 10 seats available
Additional costs, not included with class cost:
*All CMA ceramics students are required to purchase their clay from CMA; $54.00 includes 25 pounds of clay and includes the cost of glazes and firing.
*Students are capped at 50 lbs. of clay per session. As an educational ceramics studio maintained by our Canton Ceramics Artists Guild volunteers who fire students' work, we are unable to accommodate production potters.
*Students may also purchase a clay tool kit ($15.00) from CMA.
*Both clay and tool kits are available for purchase on the first day of class and throughout the session as needed.